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xiphos - alcibiades lyrics

just when i thought i could not be stopped

i sent seven chariots to the games
for athena as my claim to fame
in liaison with gents and with ladies
leaning towards excess, oh well maybe
drawing our maps in the sand
of the sicilian conquest at hand
a hundred and forty ships strong
our fleet, the journey didn’t take too long

but the affaires of the hermae and the mysteries of eleusis
robbed me of the helm and plunged the expedition into crisis
summoned back to athеns for accusations of sacrilege by my bitter rivals
thе situation made me realize i would not be given a fair trial

but i shook off my guards at sea
to boldly venture into the peloponnese
changing my allegiance in the war
i was in search of the eye of the storm

fuelled by a raging fire
in everything that i desire
people just too blind to see
they’re stronger with than without me
fuelled by a raging fire
in everything that i desire
people just too blind to see
they’re stronger with than without me
as a military advisor to the spartans
i fell in love with the king’s wife timaea
when over time our son was born
it seemed i had worn out my welcome
then off to the coast of asia minor
a dawning at the back of my mind
if a new wind were to blow in athens
i could return as a hero

forging new alliances through wit and diplomacy
with the aid of those still loyal and the persian satrapy
a benevolent oligarchy rose to power and rehabilitated me
enemies went into hiding as i was given naval supremacy

in operations across the aegean
fighting the spartans at sea
but i was blamed for a fault that wasn’t mine
i had to run, i had to leave it all behind

- xiphos lyrics

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